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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1885-01-19

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1885-01-19 page 1

Sfte fflfeto 4 COLUMBUS, MONDAY MORKING, JANUARY 19, 1885. VOL,. XL, VI. NO. 16, ESTABLISHED 1811. THE BEEFY BUFFALONIAN WHO LOOKS WISE AND SAYS NOTHING. Tlie Frightened .Clerk Regaining Their Composure After All It May Not Be Macli of a Storm The Treaty Palaver antl the Practice of Hazing. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Washixgto, Jan. 18. For some unknown reason talk about the ratification of tbe Spanish, Mexican, Nicaraguan and other treaties has been very slack in congressional circles for several days. The meetings which the Senate committee on foreign relations has been holding have ceased1, and there has been little mention made of treaties, it is said, in executive sessions of the Senate of late. So far as one can see here there is no earthly show for any of the treaties. There may be some secret work going on, but that is not likely. Something seems to have taken the life out of the subject, despite the fact that thousands of names . to petitions from the people throughout the country are received daily, all asking in stentorian tones that the treaties be ratified. Early in the agitation of. the subject of opening trade with some foreign countries by means of reciprocal treaties there were a good many' remonstrances received. Then when -the Spanish treaty was negotiated there came a deluge of objections, nearly all from cigarmaken. Now, however, the tide has turned in favor of this and other treaties, but no visible action follows. It has been . suggested that it would be impolitic for the : .Republicans, on tbe eve of a change of ad- - ministration, to take a step of this kind; and that it was probable that tbe majority in the Senate would refuse to do anything on the subject of treaties, even though the House was willing to indorse it. Already there is a depression of trade especially in manufactured goqds and some of the leading Republicans contend . that tbe incoming party should he left to ' battle with it, and that to do anything so positive in its connection with commerce ts the ratification of a treaty would be inadvisable, because if it proved an unfortunate step the Republican party would be blamed for it, and if a blessing the Democrats would receive the credit. In commercial centers East a great deal of interest has been shown in the Xicaraguan treaty. It is claimed for it that it will give the United States a short, quick route to some countries we have had little to do with, and that we would at once occupy some markets and commerce now taken by England. But Eads came here with his ship railway scheme and his mysterious experts, and charts, and inexplicable talk. and after a short stay has left, announcing that his opposition settled the Nicaraguan treaty, canal and kindred projects. People wonder at the force of Captain Eids's argument. Hazing at the Government Academies. In army and navy circles the conclusion of the House committee on naval affairs, by a tie vote, the other day, not to investigate the charge that Cadet Strang died from injuries received while being hazed at the Annapolis Naval academy, is interpreted to mean that there will be no legislation on the subject of hazing, at least by this Congress. Some of the friends of the deceased cadet blame Secretary Chandler because he didn't, in the first place, order an inquiry into the matter, and because he wrote a letter, in the second place, to Speaker Carlisle, discouraging the proposed congressional inquiry. Washington is naturally the haunt and rendezvous of carets in both the military and naval academies. They come here as frequently as they can. Here they meet the old men in the service, meet one another, call upon ihcir superior officers and, as they have a good time, frequently visit this city. The people here know much, consequently, of the habits and character of cadets. As a body they are a superior lot of young men, such as the high schools, academies and colleges of the country are sendingforth yearly. It is observed, however, that their habits are not prime good as a general thing, and this fact has excited some comment in congressional circles since the death of Strang, who, it is alleged, was killed by being rolled in a barrel. A cadet who is opposed to hazing and guying plebes told me today that the rough and - ancuutlk treatment the" new bbys get at bo La academies was as unpleasant as the old practice of hazing, although it was not as a general thing dangerous. He ' said it- was a severe ordeal that the cadet was subjected to for the first three months, and that the ostracisms and minor punishments administered to plebes could not be detected under the present customs by the superintendents of the academies. - Dow Mr. Cleveland Perplexes Ills Party Leaders. After a visit through the departments I am convinced that there is a better feeling existing among the government employes than there was a month ago. Several letter? have passed between chiefs of several divisions and the officers of the Civil service association of New York. This organization professes close relationship with the incoming President. At least one officer says so, for I saw a letter from him so statine. Tne letter set forth that the writer of it was intimately acquainted with Mr. Cleveland ; that the new President would not suffer the discharge of faithful employes who had once been under the protection of civil service but who had by efficiency been promote4 beyond civil service bounds. The case which brought out the assertion was that of a caiet of a division in the Treasury de partment The vender of civil service said the chief need not worry, as the matter had Deen laid Delore tne President-elect and a favorable answer received. Chiefs of divisions in departments receive $2000 a year, and are therefore one grade beyond the class that is sheltered by civil service laws. It is said in Demecratic circles in Congress that a feeling of uneasiness prevails in the upper counsels of the President-elect over his civil-service belief. The true policy of the Democratic party, as enunciated by the leaders sent here to legislate, is to "turn the rascals out." That would be done in every instance excepting soldiers and their widows ana persons who have by their long terms in the publicservice become incapacitated from other work. Tbe repeated importunities and the great amount of talk that has been indulged in on the subject of making removals from office have, it seems, forced Mr. Cleve land to commit himself upon the subject in a number of ways and udqu many occasions. So there is distrust in the party just now. It is feared that it will be a late day in the ad- muuuuauuu I'viuic uiutu ucueut ill accrue to the members of the Dartv bv wav of of ficial spoils. A Southern member ei Dressed the situation exactly within my hearing today. A constituent was urging the member to go to Albany or write concerning an office.'There's no use to t"o anything in this matter, my aear lellow, ' said tne member. impatiently, "antil we ascertain whether Mr. Cleveland is going to be a Democrat or .Republican. This morning I was told by an influential Democrat from one of the territories that Mr. Cleveland told him during the past week that he did not propose to suffer good men to be turned out of office before their terms expired, just to satisfy the demands of politicians. The instance in question was that of a marshal of the territory. He is on his . second year in office, is popnlar and the Democrats, with the Republicans, want him kept in the place until the term is out. Mr. Cleveland said he could stay. He added also that the provision in the national platform that offices in the territories should be filled by residents thereof would be strictly observed by him. It is this feeling of uncertainty and doubt mat nas caused the slate-makers of Cabinets, etc., to stop work. The many utterances of Mr. Cleveland on the subject of office breaks all tbe Cabinet slates and puts everybody who has talked with him of late at sea. For the moment the would-be bosses have been given a cold shake. Personal. John Thompson, Sandusky; D.M.Carey, Canton; John S. Kountz,commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Samuel M. Young and wife, Toledo, are at tneitiggs. Mrs. H. 1 Griswold of Painesville is visit- fne friends here. The Misses Buckingham of Newark are visiting the family of J ustice Wood. It is announced in today's papers that Mrs. Representative 6eorge V. Geddes will receive her friends at 523 Sixteenth street Northwest, Friday afternoon. Miss Aliie Cowan of Salem, 0., will be in Washington for the remainder of the season after ' a short visit to friends at Rich mond. Va. Mrs. George L. Converse, jr., of Columbus, will be here as the guest of her father, Rear ; Admiral Jenkins, during the remainder of the winter. Western Associated Frets Dispatches. American Colonization Society. Washington, Jan. 18. The celebration of tbe sixty-eighth anniversary of the American Colonisation society began in this city tonight, at the Calvary Baptist church. The annual discourse to the society was preached by Rev. J. B. Thomas, and extracts from the forthcoming report of the secretary distributed. From these extracts itappears the receipts of the society during the year were $10,673, pay ments $12,724, ana tnat i persons were sent to Liberia from the United States. The total number of emigrants sent from the United States to Liberia in the sixty- four years which the colony has been es tablished, is 15,730, of which 3738 have been sent since the close of the war of the rebellion. Found Dead in Bed. Washington, Jan. 18. Mrs. Julia A. Roberts, the well-known worker among the poor of this city, and who gained considerable prominence by her management of the ''fenny lunch-room" here, was found dead in bed this morning. She was a sister of General Phil. Kearney. Serious Illness of Mrs. Justice Matthews. Washisgton, Jan. 18. Mrs. Matthews, wife of Justice Matthewe, of the United States Supreme courfj is lying very ill at her home in this city, and little hope of her recovery is entertained. SPK1NGFIELD NEWS. A Batch of Local and Gossipy Notes from the Champion Citj. Special to the Ohio titale Journal. Spbinqfieud, O., Jan. 18. Mrs. Somer- ville of Dayton was in the city last week, visiting Miss Fannie Benson; Mr. Eisworth Baker has recovered from a severe illness. Miss Ether Simpson has resigned her position as alto in the High Street M. E. choir. She will be superseded by Miss Anna bhowers. Tomorrow (Monday) evening, at the Grand, Charles A. Gardner will appear in lvan, tne xreaier. Miss Mary Moore has t een visiting her cousins, Misses Stella and Nora Moore of rearl street. Herr Rapheal Doester, violinist, plays at the charity concert, January 22. Miss Anna Black has returned from a is a to Miss Kan Keirsted of Indian apolis. Mr. Uliaries jyretzman left yesterday for New Yoik en route for Europe. He will be gone about two years. He has contracted with the I. S. of M. M., a society of young ladies of this city, to write them a monthly letter describing' his travels. Uuite a number from here will attend the exposition at New Orleans this week, making the journey by water. Mr. bherman ivohler has returned home after a two months' visit to relatives in Maryland. Xne Bix bix band will play at the charity concert Thursday evening and :n a . -v- - . . , i win not go to .venia, as nas Deensiaiea uy an evening paper. Dame rumor has it that Mr. Oliver t. Remsberg, so well and favorably known in musical circles of this city, will in the near future lead to the altar a blushing bride from Lexington, Ky., and will settle on a farm in the wild West. He starts in a few days to fit no the house of his future bride. The complaint for lack of policemen. regulars, galling guns or something else to keep the young people quiet in church is becoming greater daily. Democratic specials are what's wanted. J he denial correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazette, Mr. Robert D. Brain, is htting up his house on Last street preparatory to entering the holy bonds of matrimony. , The committee to draft a constitution for the Republican club of this city, reports the work complete, and there will be a meeting ot the incorporators of the club at J. P. Godwin's office, Johnson's building, tomorrow (Monday) evening, at which meeting the constitution will be submitted. Any jjerson wishing to join the club can do so on paying the initia tion lee, o, and one quarters dues. livery thing is very quiet in this city. Only one haul at the station-house last night. It used to be that eight to ten drunks and disorderlies for Saturday night was considered very light business, but last night beats previous records. . lhe cut in prices by the managers of the opera-houses here seems to have revived the doorping amusement business . i mi. . , ijii j in mis city, a ue nouses are again mieu with' crowds of workingtnen who could uot attend at the higher prices. To enter a play-house now makes one think of "ye good old times. THE COLFAX OB3EQOIES. Barinl Ceremonies of the Ex-Vice Presi- dent Saturday. Soutii Besb, Ixd., Jan. 17. The Colfax obsequies took place this afternoon under most unfavorable circumstances. The weather was the worst of the winter, gusty and snowy in the forenoon, and in the afternoon the mercury ran down to zero. All trains were belated several hours ; that containing Vice President-elect Hendricks, Governor Gray, Governor Porter and other notables from the south, did not reach here until after 6 o'clock tonight. The hour of the funeral, fixed at 10 o ciock, was cnangea to 3. During the forenoon the body lay in state at the residence, and was visited by tnousanos oi people. Services at the Ke- forui church consisted of prater bv W H. Hickman, and a discourse by Rev. X. D. W llhamson, Mr. Colfax's pastor. At the close of the services the casket con taining the remains, and draped with an American flag, was borne from the church to the funeral car by the following gentle men Mes'srs. James Oliver and Clem Stude baker, representing the City of South Bend ; Messrs. Theodore P. Haughey and ThGnias Underwood, representing the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of the state; Hon. Marquis McClelland of Valparaiso, reoresentintr the state Legisla ture; Mr. Joshua D. Miller, representing South Bend Lodge No. 29, 1. O. O. F. The procession, a very long one, wended its way to the city cemetery, and at 5 :30 o ciocK the body was placed in the vault But for Goodness Sake Don't Say I Told Ton Winnipeg, Jan. 18. The performing of Kate Castleton's Company in the opera- house here last night was -interrupted by an outbreak on tbe part of Henry Phil lips, Kate's husband and manager. He, it is said, obtained possession of the money sent her from ban rrancisco and got drunk. At the close of the first act Kate asked him for the remainder of the money. He responded by felling her with a blow which rendered her insensible for sometime afterward. He broke into her bedroom, revolver in hand, threatening to kill her. He was arrested and spent the night in tne ponce station, miss Castleton s diamonds were found on his person and re turned to her. Phillips was bailed out and the whole company left tonight for the South. A Lively Italian. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 18. Michael Mc- Gowan and an Italian named Antonio quarreled in an Italian dive, on the cor ner of Bridge and Lock streets, last night. They rushed outside the building, and when midway between Pearl and Lock streets they clinched. Antonio stabbed McGowan twice. McGowan lived only a few hours. The assassin, after the stabbing, ran into an Italian lodg ing house across the street. An angry moo began to throw stones at tne house, when the murderer appeared on the stoop and fired a half dozen shots into the crowd, none ot which, however, took effect. In the excitement that followed the stabbing the murderer is supposed to have left the town on foot, feeveral Italians have been arrested. Postofflee Block Gone. Dodge City, Kas., Jan. 18. A fire this afternoon destroyed the postoifice block. Loss estimated at 0,000. CAUGHT UP BY THE FLAMES THIRTEEN SOULS INCINERATED. Total Destruction of the South Infirmary of Illinois Eastern Hospital Frightful Scenes at the Conflagration The Parsimony of a Legislature. Kankakze, III., Jan. 18. The south infirmary of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane burned this morning at 4:50. The fire originated in the furnace- roam and had secured a strong headway before it was discovered. The woodwork of the building being of Southern pine it burned very rapidly. The building was occupied by forty-five, patients, six attendants and one night watchman. Seventeen patients are missing and thirteen bodies have been recovered. They are burned beyond recognition. All of the patients were innrm ana incuraoie. The bedridden ones were rescued first, and those who were able to help themselves did not realize the danger, and they were the ones who perished. The attendants lost their personal effects, and many narrowly escaped with their lives, one of them having to tie bed clothes together to escape. There were no facilities for putting out the fire, the state not having made any appropriation. The building was a new one, and cost about $76,000. It is a total wreck. The following persons perished: uenry Brown. Rock Island; H. W. Belden, Galesburg; George Bennett, Morris; Joseph Uoloert, unicago; urianao .ejus, Pontiac; J. W. Galloway, Macoupin; Thomas Hickey, Springfield; Matthew Hague, Uhebanse; i. iiacKny, Stevenson county ; Thomas Here-ly, Chicago; . John Johnson, Ver million; Micnaei Jordan, jnicago; J. Nathan. Chicaift) : A. Runvan, Winnebago county ; C. Strotz, Chicago ; J. W. Tyler, Chicago; F. Weymouth, Putnam county. Thomas Herely was a brother of State Senator Herely. The building was a two-story stone and' brick, with no wood about it except the floors and stairwayo. It was completed last August. It was used as an infirmary, with forty-five insane inmates on the first floor and twenty-two on the second. Attendants Brown and Rose and wife were sleeping on the second floor, Attendants Reid, Williams and Fireman Labarge slept on the first fjoor. The building was heated by hot-air furnaces, It was 12 below zero when the watchman, named Cobb, discovered smoke issuing from the floor immediately above the furnaces. He awoke the attendants. The Bmoke at once became drawn through the hot air flues and along tne halls and stairways to all parts of the building. The fire spread so rapidly that all efforts to save the building in the absence of the fire alarm to summon help and the facilities to quench the names, were found to be in vain. Attendant A. W. Reid began dragging and carrying out the patients. Many of the patients, clad in their night clothes only, rushed from the bitter cold air back into the building. Reid at the risk of his own life struggled on until 21 of his 23 patients were rescued, when he became exhausted and was carried away. On the stcond floor Attendants Rose and wife heard the alarm and escaped down the stairway just before it fell. Attendant Brown, sleeping on the same floor, was awakened by the smoke and attempted to save a patient in an adjoining room, Dut failed, and sliding down by means of a sheet from his window jumped to the ground. Superintendent R. S. Dewey reached the scene and with ladders climed to the second story windows, smashed windows, and was able to rescue some patients thereby. Almost all the patients refused to co-operate in the efforts being made to save them and were only rescued by beingraggedrohi'the- flames and forcibly prevented from returning. A marvelous escape was that of an inmate who fell with the second noor, struck the burning debris above the furnace and bounded through the window to the ground uninjured. The remains of the bodies of twelve patients have been taken from the ruins burned to fragments, only to be identified by the location in which they were found. The dead thus identified, with their ages and residences, were at the coroner's inquest this afternoon. Superintendent Dewey bad asked the Legislature two years ago for $2500 to protect these detached wards from fire, and $1000 was allowed, all of which was used in mains and hydrants. The amount was insufficient to answer the purpose. He suggested that the floors above the hot-air furnaces be changed, it being shown in evidence it was but four inches from the outside and ten inches from the inside of the furnace to the pine joists. He gave two reasons for the great number of deaths: first, patients were almost all suffocated by the smoke before they could be reached; and second, the inability or unwillingness of the insane patients to help themselves. Remains ot the boaies with one exception did not aggregate each but little more than a handful of charred ashes. The entire remains of ten of the victims were spread on a small table two feet square. rrienos are arriving in searcu ui lost ones. The scenes on their arrival and view of the remains were necessarily very heartrending. Telegrams are pouring in from all parts of the state from parties asking as to the safety of their friends among the inmates of tbe hospital. The coroner s lury, which adjourned until to morrow alternoon, is investigating as to whether the furnaces were defective. The fact that there is no general arm be tween' the various buildings of the hospital or any system of water-works to pro tect me and property, accounts largely for the very large loss of life. H. W. Belden, aged 50, of Galesburg, one of the victims, and the only one whose remains present even the sem blance ot a human being, was a prominent man in his section of the state. He was on the second floor, was an invalid. and was unable to help himself. Super intendent Dewey, aided by an attendant, placed a ladder to his window. Dewey ascended it, broke the glass with his hands, but, being unable to break the sash, descended for some implement to break it with. In the meantime Belden's shrieks for help were loud and agonizing. As Dewey reascended his cries died away. The smoke and flames poured from the window so that no help could be given him. Dr. Dewey hearing calls for help- from another window, hurried to the rescue, and, though a man of slender build, dragged a hundred and eighty pound patient through the window and bore him safely to the ground. The burned building was used as an infirmary, many of the inmates being unable, from sickness, to walk. The only chance for obtaining water was from the small washstand faucets, not even hre-buckets or barrels being on hand. Night Watchman Caleb testified before the coroner s lury that he registerd a re port of his calls every half hour. The register showed he-visited the furnace-room at 3:40 and found it all right then. At 4:10 he discovered the fire; that the floor immediately over the f urnas had frequently been noticed by attendants sleeping there to be uncomfortably hot that the furnace was roofed by sheet iron then by two layers of bricks laid in mortar, with a space of but six inches between them and the pine. Attendant R. C. Williams testified that five minutes alter the fire was discovered it was blazing through the floor. On being roused he ran outside and saw the fire was only visible about and around the furnace. Attendant J. C. McFarland, outside night watchman, testified that he heard the cry of "fire," roused the attendants of wards numbers five and six and tarried two ladders to the burning building irorn tne carpenter shop 100 yards away P. Scully, foreman for Architect J. K Willett of Chicago, who has charge of all the hospital buildings, testified that he inspected the furnaces when completed and was satisfied with them, lie had not in spected them since. The air circulated oetween the lurnace room and the pine imber. The hot-air conductors are brick flues, ncwood about them. The hot-air flues had four-inch walls, the smoke flues eight-inch walls. The builders of the furnace in the burned building are the Ruttan Furnace Company of Decatur and Chicago. senator Herely reached Kankakee on a special train for the remains of his brother. The furnaces in the other recently completed 'hospital detached wards are built in precisely the same style and at the same distance from the pine timbers as was the one in the building burned. Trustee McUagg and Hospital Arcnitect willet reached here on a special train about midnight to investigate the causes leading to the fire. The Associated Press reporter inter viewed Architect Willett on his arrival at Kankakee. He said: "I see no reason why the building should have been fired from the furnaces. They are in my opinion the very best furnaces made. Of course there is danger of fire from any heat radiating center, whether it be by steam or hot air. 1 remember tnat there is another furnace located almost exactly identical with this in another ward. I am talking merely from memory, and in a desultary way now. , Still I do not believe that 1 would recommend it, any rate not noWi that the furnace be removed."A Sugar Refinery Burned. Bostox, Jan." 18. Tonight a fire broke out in the Bay State sugar refinery, No. 37, Eastern avenue. The building was of brick, four stories high, with a frontage of about forty feet on Eastern avenue and extended back about ninety feet to Sar gent's wharf. The rear portion of the building was pretty thoroughly " gutted from top to bottom, while on the Eastern avenue end the fire damage seems pretty well connned to the upper stories. The hrst floor was used for receiving-room, the second floor as a packing department, the third as a char room and the upper floor as a Kiln-room, ine building was tor-merly used as the old Calcutta linseed oil-works, and the floor3 were saturated with oil. The flames spread to the Standard dye woed-works, which abut upon the refinery on the Sargent's wharf end and extend down the avenue toward the wharf. These mills are three stories high and about eighty or ninety feet in length. They are nearly or quite destroyed. Other" adjoining property was in great danger for a time. The refinery is operated by E. Atkins & Co., who, it is understood, own the brick block as well as the refinery building. Their loss will probably be heavy, but fully insured. The dye-mills property was owned by the heirs ot ueorge jn. filack. Mill Destroyed. Chicago, Jan. 18. The Daily News's Mount Pulaski, 111., special says: Priest & Gordon's elevator and mill burned. Loss 25,000, insurance $14,000, Opera-House Burned. Bbloit, Kas.. Jan. 18. The City opera- house, Avenue hotel and Freeman's store building were burned. Loss 40,000, mainly insured. FOREIGN NEWS. ENGLAND. London, Jan. 18. Particulars of the disaster to the packet steamer Admiral Moorsom, sunk off Holyhead Thursday night by the American ship Santa Clara are coming in slowly. The steamer Falcon has arrived at Cork and says she found the Admiral Moorsom inday morning on her beam ends, and took from the wreck three men, one woman and a child. The body of a man was found on the deck. There was nobody else on board. The weather was rough and the Falcon was unable to take the wreck in tow. Saturday the steamship Lady Woodhouse succeeded in getting a line to the wreck, but during the heavy sea the rope parted and the . Admiral Moorsom eventually sank. Nothing is known concerning the remainder of the crew not already accounted for. A boat of the lost steamer Moorsom, which contained thirteen persons, is still missing. Two men were killed trying to board the Santa Clara. The total number dead and missing, including the captain of the ill-fated steamer, is sixteen. The Santa Clara has sailed from Holyhead for Liverpool. Her captain is reticent regarding the circumstances of the collision, but states the Admiral Moorsom was in fault. The dispatch from Trieste relative to the avalanche at Kfbgenf urt, says : Many residents of the place are missing, and it is believed they were buried under the snow, in addition to the twenty already known to be killed. Three thousand men are digging through the snow to recover the bodies of the dead and rescue the imprisoned. AUSTUIA. Viejjxa, Jan. 18. Klazenfurt, capital of the province of Carinthia, in southern Austria, was visited by an avalanche to day, which wrecked several buildings and killed twenty inhabitants. Many others were injured and rendered homeless. All efforts to rescue the buried were fu tile. ' SPAIN. Madkid, Jan. 18. King Alfonsa con tinues to visit the towns devastated by earthquakes. Today he visited Periano, and atterward returned to Terre del Aiar, FRANCE. Pakis, Jan. 18. The marriage of Prince Colonna to Miss Mackey will be solemn ized February vz. The Deadly Rain Wnter. Chableston, W. Va., Jan. 18. Great excitement prevails in St. Albans, near this city, over the poisoning of Misses Annie, Blanche and Jennie Burns, three highly respected young ladies of that place. The ladies had been to an enter tainment Friday night, and overslept yesterday for ' family breakfast. They prepared their own breakfast, using water in a barrel. Shortly after eating breakfast they became very sick, were taken with cramps, and symptoms indicated poison, and the ladies were treated by the doctors for that trouble. Upon examination the water in the barrel was found to contain arsenic. How it got there is a mystery which will probably never be solved The victims are in a serious condition. A Victory for the Railroad. Ft. Wayne, Jan. 18. The railroad brakemen's strike, which was inaugurated here Tuesday last, terminated this even ing. The strikers held a meeting this af ternoon and delegated a committee of four of their number to wait on Mayor Zollinger at his residence which was done. Later the com mittee waited on Superintendent Law ot tbe railroad company, and at this meeting it was agreed that the railroad company be permitted to run "double-head er" freight trains if desired, while those ot the striking brakemen who choose to work will be reinstated by the company. and not be discharged for their participa tion in the strike. A Pair of Nice Cashiers. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 18. Fuller details of the irregularities of the Mer chant's and Shetucket National banks of this city show the Merchant's bank lost 5130,000 and the Shetucket about o0,000 through speculation on the part of their cashiers. ' The cashiers had been using the bank's funds for years. The banks continue business and the cashiers will be prosecuted. Assitant cashier Webb, concerned in the embezzle ment at the Merchant 8 bank, was presi dent of the Shetucket, and with Cashier Roath had been using the funds of that institution, vv ebb was also city treasurer. lhe city 8 funds are all right. A Kentucky Mystery. Lodisvillb, Jan. 18. W. R. Revell, a farmer from Owen county, Ky., who was lound insensible from a blow on the head at the Short Line depot Friday, died to night. The case is still wrapt in mystery, VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. MINING AFFAIRS IN STATU QUO. Matters Quieting: Down at Strnitsville Arms Still Being Issued, However An Undercurrent of Uneasiness Yet Apparent. Special to the Ohio State Journal. New Straitsville, Jan. 18. The situa tion in the Straitsville and Shawnee district is hard to describe. Public feeling seems to ebb and flow like the tides of the sea. One day the populace is wild and unruly, the next as calm and peaceful as the summer sky. But a few days ago the excited were clamoring for the blood of men in the towns named, but today the indications are peaceful. Nearly every public place has its crowds of men discussing the situation. They read every thing touching the Bubject of the strike, and keep close watch over the proceedings of the Legislature. Thev called a turn on McBride at Shawnee, and say tuat his assertion in the House that a proposition to settle the strike on a 60 cents basis has never been communicated to . them. : There is a growing impression among x many -of the miners that John UcBnde is more deeply interested in some other quarters than the UocKing valley, xne W eldy bill does not meet with much fa7or among the men. nor is it so strongly condemned as it would have ben expected. The hotheads heap a lot of abuse upon tbe author of it, but no arguments are made that it is unjust or a strike at civil rights. lhe report that guns have been distrib uted in large numbers in this district is not believed in many quarters, nor does it seem to be sustained by facts in every particular. Some twenty guns were bought by miners at bhawnee, but it is not known that any mye than that number, if as many, have been distributed in Straitsville. Some of the best informed men in Shawnee, men who have suffered severely during the strike through loss of property, hoot at the idea of raising three companies of 100 men each and say it would be impossible to organize a squad of fifty men that would be bold enough to act in defiance of the law. It is probably true that much of the aid contributed to the miners has been appropriated by persons havintr personal supervision of the goods and money sent here, and there are strong reasons for tbe belief that funds from the relief committee purchased some of the guns that went to Shawneo, as many of the purchasers were worthless persons when times were at the best and had been wards of the commissary ever Binje the strike set in. It is known that arms have bean distributed at other points in the valley, but in what number can not be ascertained definitely. There have been no public demonstrations by organised bands of armed men, and if they drill their place of meeting is carefully secreted from the outside world. Many persons who are acquainted with the people do not anticipate serious trouble, but that opinion is not sustained by a majority. It is thought that tbe putting of men in the mines at Straitsville would lead to riots and bloodshed. That will not prob ably be done at present, as the Troy mine, now in names, has been given up as lost. and since the destruction ot the Bristol tunnel the guards at No. 3 mine have been withdrawn and distributed at other points in the valley. The removal of the cause of immediate trouble at Straitsville renews the anxiety of the people in the Monday,Creek valley, and it is expected that there will be a concentration of forces- kto drive out the new men there, who have been verv sncsessful. as the eutput of coal shows. All that has been said about intimidation is true. The two guards, Woods and McCarthy, and Mr. Simpson, oi tne uhio state joubnal, were subjected to indignities that would lead to the belief that the town was ruled by the lawless element, whether it was true or not. Tbe same may be said of Straitsville to some extent. Secret meetings are held every night by the miners and it is claimed that from the lodge- rooms ot the Knights ot Labor are issued the mandates that wreck mines and bridges and endanger human lives. Per sons well informed say these meetings held long in the night are boiling cauldrons of poison, whose invidious fumes wither all things that they touch, and to sustain the - claim show tbat some ot the most reputable members have severed their connection with the organization On the grouud that the principal officers of the order have been prostituted by unlawful acts. The unusual activity among the strikers rather suggests that something more than ordinary is on hand, and a serious out break at any moment need not be a surprise, for under cover of these seasons of calm runs an un dercurrent of feeling that, like the waters of a sluiigish stream, will at the first break become a wild and dangerous torrent. The Situation at Longstreth. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Lonsstreth, Jan. 18. The conjecture that the seat of war would be moved into this valley was probably well timed. Last night information was received at this point that there would be an attack sometime during the night. Messages were sent away during the day to the different points in the valley to this ellect. Prepar tions were made to give the raiders a warm reception, and an extra guard force was on duty the better part of the mgbt The miners here have been offering to furnish Winchester carbines for the small sum of $8. It seems that to procure arms for themselves it is merely necessary to go through the torm ot bargain and sale. A miner goes to the place where arms are distributed and says he wants a gun. If he has no monev he is asked that some one vouch for him, and he takes the gun without money and without price. That there is some powerful agent backing the com manistic element here can not be questioned, for arms are issued in the manner stated, flow they get here no one can say. It is known that there is no outlay of money here for them and they claim that persons who are fearful that their own interests will sutler by tb e break ing of prices in the Hocking valley, are doing all they can to crush the operators, is rapidly gaining ground. If this is true the trouble may be drawn out much longer. The strike is ended, and the miners have been worsted, and it is only necessary for tbe assertion ot civil author ity to restore peace and prosperity. It is quiet here tonight, but the usual precau tions are being taken. Cattle and Sheep Dying from the Cold, St. Locis, Jan. 18. Advices from Kiowa Indian reservation, Indian territory, are to the effect that those Indians are in a distressed condition, notwithstanding the aid iurmsbed them by the government, Five members of this tribe, evidently a hunting party, were found frozen to death son?e forty miles north of Wichita .Falls late Friday evening. Dispatches from Texas continue to report great loss of cattle and sheep by the late cold weather in various parts. On many ranges in the northern and western parts of the state great numbers of cattle have drifted southward until stopped by the wire fenc ing running many miles east and west and are now dying by hundreds, and even thousands, lrom hunger, tnirst and cold The loss is-'ehiefly on ranges which had suffered from drouth, both grass and water being scarce and the cattle in poor condition, but evm in the more favored parts of the state a great amount ot stock has already been J3t by tbe unusual se verity of the weather. It is estimated that 10 per cent, of the cattle and 20 per cent, oi the sheep have perished. How Different in Uhio. New York, Jan. 18. The excise law was inforced today as strictly as it ever was.the police having been notified by Superin tendent Walling that liquor shops must be closed on Sunday. The large dealers met in ' Irving hall this afternoon, and adopted resolutions pledging themselves to assist tbe police in an impartial in-forcement of the law, believing tbat such will compel the citizens to demand a modification of the law. But Why Did He Kick Him Down Stairs ? Grasp Rapids, Jan. 18. George Thur- stein was given a verdict last night in the Kent Circuit court, against Ransom C. Luce for $S000 for being kicked down stairs by Luce ten years ago. Thurstein sued for ?10,000 and the large verdict causes a general surprise. It will proba bly be appealed. Heavy Robbery. Wheeling, Jan. 18. Last night Louis Volhardt's residence in Wellsburg was entered and $1500 in bonds and $1000 in cash stolen. Charles Volhardt, John Herdington, Bisey Cheek and a woman were arrested, and $900 in cash recovered from Herdimrton. The bonds were burned by the thieves. Kem f r -m the East. San Francisco. Jan. 18. The steamer Arabic, which arrived this evening, brings Hong Kong dates to December 23, and Yokohama January 4. Fears are entertained that the steamer Charles Townsend Hook, which sailed from Daigon for Hong Kong, has been lost, with two hundred and fifty souls aboard. Winter Wheat. Milwaukee. Jan. 18. T. W. Talmadge of this city has information from many of the winter wheat states that bad weather has caused a 'very poor outlook for that product in almost every district heard from. Indications For Tennessee and the Ohio val ley, slightly eolder weather in western portion, slightly warmer in eastern portion, fair weather and northwesterly winds in Ohio valley and north easterly in Tennessee. SUMMARY OF SUNDAY'S NEWS. The brakemen's strike at Fort Wayne, Ind., is virtually ended. Alexander Dirian, manufacturer of mold ings, Brooklyn, assigned. Liabilities $66.-000.Euene Glenn, tried at Petersburg. Va.. for the murder of C. W. Holland was ac quitted. . The banking house of Amos Henderson. Lancaster, Pa., with $200,000 deposits, suspended.A gang of three counterfeiters was cap tured in a small secluded, cabin near Bour bon, Ind. -; The imports of specie for tbe week ending January 18 were $240,000 and the exports $6,200,000. . The nallium for Archbishon Lerov of New Orleans was received and conferred Satur day, January 17. A special Chicago jury returned indict ments against seven of the participants in the elect on frauds of that city. Efforts are being made to impeach Judge Frank A. Guthries of Charleston, W. Va. There are fifteen charges against him. The revised figures of the loss by the fire at Keefer & Son's flour-mill, Covington, Ky., are $65,000. The insurance is $52,000. Herman Toller was struck bv an engine on the Cincinnati Northern railway, near Montgomery road, ana instantly Killed. x The factory of the Blue River Furniture Company, Shelbyvtlle, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000, insurance $30,000. The boiler at Earnest's saw-mill, near Lebanon, Pa., exploded and killed three workmen, and seriously injured three others. ... - John Berbech of St. Louis committed sui cide by jumping off the middle pier of the bridge over the Mississippi. Tbe distance to tne water was seventy leet. .He had just been Sned $500 for adultery. John Kurtz and James Hvland. two farm ers, quarreled in tbe home of the former, after becoming intoxicated ou hard cider. The latter, on being ejected from the liouee, returned armed with an axe, broke in tbe door and killed Kurtz. An attempt was made to blow up the hat factory of Crofut & Knapos. Bridgeport, Conn., with dynamite. The building was partly aatnagea, out no one was hurt, seventeen employes who did not go out on the strike were in the building at the time. Declarations have been filed in tbe case of the Penn bank of Pittsburg for the use of Assignee Warner against the directors of the defunct institution, in which the damages are laid at $6,000,000. The amount in reali ty involved is $9o0,000, being overdrafts. TheColorado Republican senatorial caucts was held datU'dav evening. Seventeen Hill men left the chamber, tour remaining but not voting. Ou the first ballott Secretary H. M. Teller received 28, H. A. W. Tabor 2, a;id Senator N. P. Hill 1. Teller was declared the nominee of the caucus. The Hill men claim that they are not bound by the action ot tne caucus, and will make a tight in joint session of both houses, but to win must have nearly all, if not the whole of the Democratic vote. Iforeicn Motes. Edmund About, the author, is dead. " Another severe earthquake in Granada Saturday. Great interest is felt in England in the Khartoum expedition. General Ignatieff has been appointed Governor of eastern Siberia. The steamship Admiral Moorson was wrecked with the loss of sixteen lives. All the private banks of the United King dom will shortly become incorporated as joint stocs companies. It is announced that the Duke of Edin burgh will shortly publish a collection of poems dedicated to the iiuchesa ot Edinburgh, entitled "Love Songs of a Violinist." The Berlin National Gazette publishes statement to the effect that German v, Aus tria and Russia have joiued France in its attitude upon tne question or the settle ment oi tne Egyptian huancial dimculty. Hundreds of handbills are being circu lated at Czaslan and Kolin, towns in Bohemia, calling for vengeance on tbe executioners of Kammerer and Stellmach'er, the Anarchists. A workman was arrested at Kolin for throwing before the house of a sergeant of gendarmes an Anarchist paer coudeming the cniet ot police and other ul ficers to death. In the Congo conference three reasons were given tur the patictpation ot America in the deliberations. Firstly, because America was the lirst power to officially recognize the African International associa tion; secondly, because the population of America comprises six million negroes whose parent country is Africa; and, thirdly, be cause Americans mainly have explored the country. All England waits breathlessly for news of L.ord wolse ey s progress in t,gypt. Maps of tbe Nile region are seen every where, and anxiety for the safety of the troops is the general topic. The latest news from his forces gives painful details of tbe sufferings of tbe troopers. It is acknowledged that great foresight is visible in tbe details of the advance acrosshe desert to Gakdul, but it is feared that, much of the shortcomings and casualties from beat and thirst re suppressed. Many army officers at the military clubs call the advance, as at present conduct ed, a piece of madness, and predict a greater disaster than either ot the massacres ot At- ghanistan. They point to Lord Wolseley's t 1 . j . . I. . t lguorauce ui tne pusitiun unu sLreiigiu ui the Mahdi's forces. They say his army will be cut to pieces, or perish in the de.-ert, and tbat if Gordon is to be relieved, he must re lieve himself. Emigration to California. Emigrants are pouring into California at the rate of 1200 to 1800 a week, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Most of them settle in the southern part of the state and engage in fruit andwine-growing. Many of the emigrants are men of means, who go to the country in search of health, and are led to devote themselves to congenial business. The poorer classes go to the northern counties aud engage in agricultural pursuits, while about 30 per cent, of the whole number push up north to Oregon and Washington territory. The population of California is now about one million. An accumulator has been invented by M. Farod. by means of a copper plate covered with lead the priming current reaches all the plates of the secondary battery at the same time. It will require to have far more efficiency' than usual ac cumulators to warrant the increase of ex pense entailed by the copper. THE HUMOR OF THE BIBLE. Tiie Book of Books Abounding ta Quaint and Forcible Humor. From an Essay by Rev. M. D. Shutter, of Minne- SDOH3. Mr. J. Henry Shorthouse concludes an essay in Blackwood's with the following startling inquiry : "There is still one ques tion before us. If humor be what we have claimed for it, not a mere farce, but a depicting of the whole of human life, then we should expect that the highest literature should lie found to contain it. We should expect to find it everywhere: that it should satisfy all that dehire which a reading in theology, of philosophy, or science, or history, or a study in art has created in man; are there, then, any great books, or still more, any great forces of human life which seem devoid of it? Is there any humor in the Gospels?" Mr. Shorthouse suggests tbat the question must receive an alliruiative answer, bat brings his paper to a close without developing the idea suggested. Where Mr. Shorthouse finishes Mr. Shutter begins. "Let it not be supposed," eontiuued Mr. Shutter, "tbat there ia anything essentially irreverent in taking up and discussing such a subject. The remotest approximation to levity in intention is disclaimed at the very outset. The word of God is to be reverently dealt with at all times. The lips of the jester must not profane it; the flying heels of the buffaon must not caper upon its pages. There are many standpoints from which the Bible may be studied ; the historical, exegetical, theological and literary. From a literary point of view, a disquisition upon the pathos or sublimity of the Bible would ceitainly be objectionable. ' But humor is just as legitimate in literature, and quite as much, perhaps, an element of power. That it is found in the volume that we hold higher than all others, there are unmistakable evidences. No attempt is now made at exact definition. Perhaps, after the word "humor" has passed through its final analysis, we shall not be any wiser than before we cast it into the alembic. We have'a general understanding of.it that serves os well enough for every purpose. We commonly include under the general term, pleasantness, grotesqueness. drollery, wit, sarcasm, irony, ridicule. Iu this comprehensive signification it is employed in the present paper. When we turn to the historical and biographical portions of the Scriptures we find here and there touches of the qualitv under consideration, in pictures of life and descri ptions of character. Those who wielded the pencil drew with absolute fidelity to nature, aud sketched those features which provoke the smile as well as those which move us to admire or arouse us to condemn. "In the time of the Judges, Abimeleck, a worthless but scheming wretch, contrived to have himself proclaimed King in bhecbend. Knowing his utter unfitness for the throne, and vexed at his suc cessful machinations, Jotham, a man of ready wit, ridicules the pretensions of the monarch and the lo'.iy of tbe people, ia a fable superior to any of JEsop's. Perching himself on the top of a neighboring hill, that his parable may not be brought to an untimely end, he lifts up his voice and addresses the assembled multitude. This is the way in which he caricatures the whole transaction : "The trees went forth on a time to appoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, 'Reign thou over us.' But the olive tree said unto them, 'Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees r And the trees said to the ng tree, Come thou and reign over us. But the fig tree said unto them : 'Should I forsake uiy sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees ?' Then said the trees unto the vine, 'Come thou and reign over us. And the vine said onto them, 'Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ?' " So far the trees are unsuccessful. They have found no available candidate. Their follows oi tne forest whose character and records are good, are not in the field. Bat the trees are getting desperate, iney ar deter mined to nave a King, l nen said tne trees unto the bramble, 'Come thoa and reign over us. What does the bramble doT It can not plead business. It can not say 'I am of use to anybody.' In fact the xuspicion crosses yourmind that tbe bram ble is loitering in the vicinity just wailing for its name to be brought before the convention. Then the puify and prosperous, but contemptible, little bramble bush delivers itself of thishigh and mighty oration : "And the bramble said unto the trees. 'If in truth ye auoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; and if not,- let fire come of the bramble aud destroy the cedars oi Lebanon. In the word of God the element of hu mor is effectively used in dealing with the sir;s of men. Lvil doing, iu its various motives aud manifestations, is denounced, rendered repulsive, made ghastly and terrible, and when everything else has been done, it is exhibited as grotesque and nonsensical. Thus the writer has sketched the out lines of a subject capable of much more elaborate treatment. This little has given the Bible a fresh hold upon his own al fections. Viewed simply as a literary work, it is the most interesting book in the entire domain of the letters. How any one can think it "horribly drv" passes all comprehension. The poetry, the dramatic portions and the orations of the Bible are unsurpassed. And over history, biography, drama, most serious discourse, there plays the soft gleams of healthful humor or the lightning-like bolts of sarcasm and wit. The book touches human nature at all points, and for this reason should be thrice enshrined in our hearts. CIIAKACTEH.ISTIC8 OF SMOKERS. Phases of Disposition Indicated by the Way a Cigar is lleld. A eentlcman who is a great "famigat or" says tbat he has philosophised about smokers with this result: "Aneven-tempered, quiet man never goes to an extreme in choosing his cigar. A nervous man wants something strong and furious; mild man something that smokes and nothing more. There is a great deal in the way men handle a cigar. If a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it from his mouth to cost a look at tbe blue curl of smoke in the air. set him down as an easy-going man, He has keen perceptions aud delicate sensibilities. He will not create trouble, but is apt to see it out when once begun. Beware of the man who never releases the grip of his cigar and is indifferent whether it burns or not. He is cool, calcu lating and exacting. He is seldom ener getic physically, but lives easily off thote who perform the labor. The man that smokes a bit, rests a bit, and fumbles the cigar more or less, is easily affected by circumstances. If the cigar goes out fre quently the man has a whole-souled disposition, is a devil-mav-care sort of a lellow, with a lively brain and a glib tongue, and a generally fine fund of anecdotes. To bold half of the cigar in the mourn and smoke indifferently is a laiv man's habit. They are generally of little force and their characters are not of the highest strata. A nervous man, who fumbles his cigar a great deal, is a sort of popinjay among men. Holdinz the eicar constantly be tween the teeth, chewing it occasionally and not caring if it is lighted at all, are characteristics of men who have the tenacity of bull-dogs. They never forget anytning or let go tneir noios. xue iop stands his cigar on end. and the experi enced smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at right angles with his course. Such has been my observations with re gard to smokers. A Kew Way to Sell Pianos. Brooklyn Eagle. A clerk in the counting-room of prominent New York paper told me an ingenious scheme the other day which I imagiue has never been exposed. A re-soectablv dressed aud prosperous looking woman came into the office as if she owned it and was rather proud of the fact, slammed down an advertisement with the requisite change on tne counter. and smiled auaDiy nion tne cierx. .-ui, another?" asked the clerk brightly. "Still another," repeated the woman. "This time it's a beauty, too. Come to me, yon know, when you want one." She smiled again and drifted out of the room. "Kor three years," said the clerk, "that woman has had an advertisement in the paper every day announcing that she has for sale at her residence a piano that will go at a bargain. The advertisement invariably states that tbe instrument has only been in use a week and is in every respect as good as new, but that sudden reverses in fortune and a decision to move out of town force the owrfur to sell at once. I thought for the first five or six weeks that her ladyship was having a hard time to sell her piano. Then I boan to smell a mouse. One winter night she was obliged to wait here a long time for a car, and a talk led her into the confession that she sold -pianos in ths way as a regular business. She has an arrangement with the manufacturer by which he furnishes her with a fresh piano as soon as the last one is sold, and as they are all of a cheap make but rather showy, they manage to go off very well. She is anxious to keep her business very quiet, but it has been noised abroad until she now bag several competitors, and the Sunday papers will invariably have the names of tuur wiuuws wuu are oDitgea to sen liieir pianos at once. Every one of them makes a good living by it. Pianomakers, it seems to me, have rather a tempestuous time anyway. If my memory serves me, tbe life and death struggle which goes on among the makers of these instruments at me cemeiiuiai, wnen every one l( ttiam nrtf Ua t,i..l,n. ....... 1 1: ft"- iigi7ov wru-nuuu ruing . ad VrtiiaemMTlta Kinoa than all ulint devices have seen the light, but the em ployment oi auegeu indigent widows is probably the most original." PAS9IXG THE PLATE. An Old Sexton Relates Sons Experiences in Church Collections. New York Letter to Philadelphia North American. ' More diplomacy may be exercised by the collector than any one would think. But he can't do nearly as asuch te help the church as the members themselves can as they sit in their seats. Lut a gentleman put silver in the plate and then ioiiow it witn bis wye. The chances are that no one within sight will have the courage to put in copper. More than once I've seen a man drop a penny from the palm of his hand in the middle of the plate, thinking it wouio pass nnperceived. But some dea con, or some one interested in the church, wouiu ugiu Tigm on to tne center with a well-directed glance. Then the man would look down, discover with surprise that he had put in a cent, say, "Wbat a ridiculous mistake." and Dut in more. There are lota of old church members who understand this, rod no matter what church you may go to, uuless you sit np in the gallery, you will ba pretty sure to see some old irentlemsn nr old lady with an eye on you as the plate Koa vr. aioro Herniating nicceis nave oeen turned in the right direction by this means than any one has anv idea of. And it's only right, for no one can supply a charch with heat, light and a good minister unless he has money to do it with. And every one who enjoys these comforts ought to help pay for them. There is a curioua case in this church. It is that of an old white-haired member, worth a million, who al way puts just ten cents in the box. Rain at shine, he's always in his seat at the same hour, and always has a dime in chaage. I've heard our minister make the most touching ser mon on tne neatnen you ever heard. Tears would wet the old millionaire's cheeks, but just as sure as that box came around he. would wipe his eyes, reach wuu iiia rigm nana in nis lelt waistcoat pocket, and draw out that dime : just enough to take a missionary to Harlem. He probably contracted that habit when he -wad a- poof man, and grew to like it. Other men are iust the other wav. and give liberally more, perhaps, tlian they can afford. Men who get their monev most easily are most liberal : brokers and speculators who don't know whether they own a cent or not will throw in a $20 bill, when a solid real estate owner will give a quarter. And I've seen a regular gambler come into church in ail kinds of fancy clothes and contribute something hand some, just ior iuck. Catching a Mouse. A ladv in Cosevtown discovered a mouse in the family flour barrel. She summoned her husband and told him to get a gun and call the dog and to staiion himself near the scene of onslaught. Getting up on a high chair she com menced punching the flour barrel with a pole. The poor mouse soon made its appearance and started across the floor, tho dog immediately in pursuit. In the excitement the man fired the gun. killing the dog, and the lady fainted and fell .tt the chair. The man thinking that she was dead and fearing arrest for murder, cleared out and has not been heard of since. The mouse escaped. ABOUT rERSOXP. Mrs. Huxley's health has been restored by atrip to Italy. Mr. James Gordon Bennett is sitting for his portrait to tbe painter Boldini. Robert Buchanan has finished a new Slay, Fascination ; or, The Way We Live 'ow. A New York paper says George W. Cable is making $50,000 a rear out of his readings. Sir Moses Montefiore is again so much under the weather as to cause alai m arnorjg his friends. Colonel Inpersoll is said to have made S25.000 from fifty lectures during the last two months. Joseph Pulitzer, editor and proprietor of the New York World, was a coachman twenty years ago. In his "Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson" Dr. Holmes says the poet and philosopLer always had pie for breakfast. Miss Tillie Frelinghuysen, daughter of the secretary of state, is said tn be the most popular unmarried lady in Washing-, ton society. British Minister West is said to hare , given Washington society several valuable pointeis about making "debutante parties aristically successful. Dr. Oliver Wen dell Holmes presided at ' the annual reunion of Harvard's clas of 1859 in Boston last week. Nine other 'members were present ' Sir Arthur Sullivan, the composer, has issued a sort of pronuueiamento in the London Daily News, in which be announces the death of Italian opera. Mrs. Zelda Seiruin, the contralto, has recently lost by death a highly prised domestic whom tbe Seguines brought to this country nearly fifty years ago. Colonel Boudinot, the Indian representative, has given Senator Voorheee an elegant robe, made from the skins of wildcats killed by the colonel in irkanaas. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Congress. Jamcaby 17. Settole Bill introduced: For the encouragement of the American merchant marine and to promote postal and commercial relations with foreign countries The inter-state commerce bill was discussed and amended, but no vote reached. House The House tat as a committee of the whole ou the consular and dipl jjimtic appropriation bill. t General Assembly. Jascaby 17. nate--Bills introduced: Amending section 683 so as to facilitate collections;. extending to one year tbe time for redeeming property sold by the sheriff; authorising 1'ite county to construct free turnpikes; amending the election lawt-itunt a voter can prove bis right by one freeholder. Jlous Bills introduced: Compelling all school boards to furnish school uoeks free: limiting the purchases of tbe supervisor of public printing; preventing the manufacture of oleoniargerine; fixing heavy penalties (or sinking boats.

Sfte fflfeto 4 COLUMBUS, MONDAY MORKING, JANUARY 19, 1885. VOL,. XL, VI. NO. 16, ESTABLISHED 1811. THE BEEFY BUFFALONIAN WHO LOOKS WISE AND SAYS NOTHING. Tlie Frightened .Clerk Regaining Their Composure After All It May Not Be Macli of a Storm The Treaty Palaver antl the Practice of Hazing. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Washixgto, Jan. 18. For some unknown reason talk about the ratification of tbe Spanish, Mexican, Nicaraguan and other treaties has been very slack in congressional circles for several days. The meetings which the Senate committee on foreign relations has been holding have ceased1, and there has been little mention made of treaties, it is said, in executive sessions of the Senate of late. So far as one can see here there is no earthly show for any of the treaties. There may be some secret work going on, but that is not likely. Something seems to have taken the life out of the subject, despite the fact that thousands of names . to petitions from the people throughout the country are received daily, all asking in stentorian tones that the treaties be ratified. Early in the agitation of. the subject of opening trade with some foreign countries by means of reciprocal treaties there were a good many' remonstrances received. Then when -the Spanish treaty was negotiated there came a deluge of objections, nearly all from cigarmaken. Now, however, the tide has turned in favor of this and other treaties, but no visible action follows. It has been . suggested that it would be impolitic for the : .Republicans, on tbe eve of a change of ad- - ministration, to take a step of this kind; and that it was probable that tbe majority in the Senate would refuse to do anything on the subject of treaties, even though the House was willing to indorse it. Already there is a depression of trade especially in manufactured goqds and some of the leading Republicans contend . that tbe incoming party should he left to ' battle with it, and that to do anything so positive in its connection with commerce ts the ratification of a treaty would be inadvisable, because if it proved an unfortunate step the Republican party would be blamed for it, and if a blessing the Democrats would receive the credit. In commercial centers East a great deal of interest has been shown in the Xicaraguan treaty. It is claimed for it that it will give the United States a short, quick route to some countries we have had little to do with, and that we would at once occupy some markets and commerce now taken by England. But Eads came here with his ship railway scheme and his mysterious experts, and charts, and inexplicable talk. and after a short stay has left, announcing that his opposition settled the Nicaraguan treaty, canal and kindred projects. People wonder at the force of Captain Eids's argument. Hazing at the Government Academies. In army and navy circles the conclusion of the House committee on naval affairs, by a tie vote, the other day, not to investigate the charge that Cadet Strang died from injuries received while being hazed at the Annapolis Naval academy, is interpreted to mean that there will be no legislation on the subject of hazing, at least by this Congress. Some of the friends of the deceased cadet blame Secretary Chandler because he didn't, in the first place, order an inquiry into the matter, and because he wrote a letter, in the second place, to Speaker Carlisle, discouraging the proposed congressional inquiry. Washington is naturally the haunt and rendezvous of carets in both the military and naval academies. They come here as frequently as they can. Here they meet the old men in the service, meet one another, call upon ihcir superior officers and, as they have a good time, frequently visit this city. The people here know much, consequently, of the habits and character of cadets. As a body they are a superior lot of young men, such as the high schools, academies and colleges of the country are sendingforth yearly. It is observed, however, that their habits are not prime good as a general thing, and this fact has excited some comment in congressional circles since the death of Strang, who, it is alleged, was killed by being rolled in a barrel. A cadet who is opposed to hazing and guying plebes told me today that the rough and - ancuutlk treatment the" new bbys get at bo La academies was as unpleasant as the old practice of hazing, although it was not as a general thing dangerous. He ' said it- was a severe ordeal that the cadet was subjected to for the first three months, and that the ostracisms and minor punishments administered to plebes could not be detected under the present customs by the superintendents of the academies. - Dow Mr. Cleveland Perplexes Ills Party Leaders. After a visit through the departments I am convinced that there is a better feeling existing among the government employes than there was a month ago. Several letter? have passed between chiefs of several divisions and the officers of the Civil service association of New York. This organization professes close relationship with the incoming President. At least one officer says so, for I saw a letter from him so statine. Tne letter set forth that the writer of it was intimately acquainted with Mr. Cleveland ; that the new President would not suffer the discharge of faithful employes who had once been under the protection of civil service but who had by efficiency been promote4 beyond civil service bounds. The case which brought out the assertion was that of a caiet of a division in the Treasury de partment The vender of civil service said the chief need not worry, as the matter had Deen laid Delore tne President-elect and a favorable answer received. Chiefs of divisions in departments receive $2000 a year, and are therefore one grade beyond the class that is sheltered by civil service laws. It is said in Demecratic circles in Congress that a feeling of uneasiness prevails in the upper counsels of the President-elect over his civil-service belief. The true policy of the Democratic party, as enunciated by the leaders sent here to legislate, is to "turn the rascals out." That would be done in every instance excepting soldiers and their widows ana persons who have by their long terms in the publicservice become incapacitated from other work. Tbe repeated importunities and the great amount of talk that has been indulged in on the subject of making removals from office have, it seems, forced Mr. Cleve land to commit himself upon the subject in a number of ways and udqu many occasions. So there is distrust in the party just now. It is feared that it will be a late day in the ad- muuuuauuu I'viuic uiutu ucueut ill accrue to the members of the Dartv bv wav of of ficial spoils. A Southern member ei Dressed the situation exactly within my hearing today. A constituent was urging the member to go to Albany or write concerning an office.'There's no use to t"o anything in this matter, my aear lellow, ' said tne member. impatiently, "antil we ascertain whether Mr. Cleveland is going to be a Democrat or .Republican. This morning I was told by an influential Democrat from one of the territories that Mr. Cleveland told him during the past week that he did not propose to suffer good men to be turned out of office before their terms expired, just to satisfy the demands of politicians. The instance in question was that of a marshal of the territory. He is on his . second year in office, is popnlar and the Democrats, with the Republicans, want him kept in the place until the term is out. Mr. Cleveland said he could stay. He added also that the provision in the national platform that offices in the territories should be filled by residents thereof would be strictly observed by him. It is this feeling of uncertainty and doubt mat nas caused the slate-makers of Cabinets, etc., to stop work. The many utterances of Mr. Cleveland on the subject of office breaks all tbe Cabinet slates and puts everybody who has talked with him of late at sea. For the moment the would-be bosses have been given a cold shake. Personal. John Thompson, Sandusky; D.M.Carey, Canton; John S. Kountz,commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Samuel M. Young and wife, Toledo, are at tneitiggs. Mrs. H. 1 Griswold of Painesville is visit- fne friends here. The Misses Buckingham of Newark are visiting the family of J ustice Wood. It is announced in today's papers that Mrs. Representative 6eorge V. Geddes will receive her friends at 523 Sixteenth street Northwest, Friday afternoon. Miss Aliie Cowan of Salem, 0., will be in Washington for the remainder of the season after ' a short visit to friends at Rich mond. Va. Mrs. George L. Converse, jr., of Columbus, will be here as the guest of her father, Rear ; Admiral Jenkins, during the remainder of the winter. Western Associated Frets Dispatches. American Colonization Society. Washington, Jan. 18. The celebration of tbe sixty-eighth anniversary of the American Colonisation society began in this city tonight, at the Calvary Baptist church. The annual discourse to the society was preached by Rev. J. B. Thomas, and extracts from the forthcoming report of the secretary distributed. From these extracts itappears the receipts of the society during the year were $10,673, pay ments $12,724, ana tnat i persons were sent to Liberia from the United States. The total number of emigrants sent from the United States to Liberia in the sixty- four years which the colony has been es tablished, is 15,730, of which 3738 have been sent since the close of the war of the rebellion. Found Dead in Bed. Washington, Jan. 18. Mrs. Julia A. Roberts, the well-known worker among the poor of this city, and who gained considerable prominence by her management of the ''fenny lunch-room" here, was found dead in bed this morning. She was a sister of General Phil. Kearney. Serious Illness of Mrs. Justice Matthews. Washisgton, Jan. 18. Mrs. Matthews, wife of Justice Matthewe, of the United States Supreme courfj is lying very ill at her home in this city, and little hope of her recovery is entertained. SPK1NGFIELD NEWS. A Batch of Local and Gossipy Notes from the Champion Citj. Special to the Ohio titale Journal. Spbinqfieud, O., Jan. 18. Mrs. Somer- ville of Dayton was in the city last week, visiting Miss Fannie Benson; Mr. Eisworth Baker has recovered from a severe illness. Miss Ether Simpson has resigned her position as alto in the High Street M. E. choir. She will be superseded by Miss Anna bhowers. Tomorrow (Monday) evening, at the Grand, Charles A. Gardner will appear in lvan, tne xreaier. Miss Mary Moore has t een visiting her cousins, Misses Stella and Nora Moore of rearl street. Herr Rapheal Doester, violinist, plays at the charity concert, January 22. Miss Anna Black has returned from a is a to Miss Kan Keirsted of Indian apolis. Mr. Uliaries jyretzman left yesterday for New Yoik en route for Europe. He will be gone about two years. He has contracted with the I. S. of M. M., a society of young ladies of this city, to write them a monthly letter describing' his travels. Uuite a number from here will attend the exposition at New Orleans this week, making the journey by water. Mr. bherman ivohler has returned home after a two months' visit to relatives in Maryland. Xne Bix bix band will play at the charity concert Thursday evening and :n a . -v- - . . , i win not go to .venia, as nas Deensiaiea uy an evening paper. Dame rumor has it that Mr. Oliver t. Remsberg, so well and favorably known in musical circles of this city, will in the near future lead to the altar a blushing bride from Lexington, Ky., and will settle on a farm in the wild West. He starts in a few days to fit no the house of his future bride. The complaint for lack of policemen. regulars, galling guns or something else to keep the young people quiet in church is becoming greater daily. Democratic specials are what's wanted. J he denial correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazette, Mr. Robert D. Brain, is htting up his house on Last street preparatory to entering the holy bonds of matrimony. , The committee to draft a constitution for the Republican club of this city, reports the work complete, and there will be a meeting ot the incorporators of the club at J. P. Godwin's office, Johnson's building, tomorrow (Monday) evening, at which meeting the constitution will be submitted. Any jjerson wishing to join the club can do so on paying the initia tion lee, o, and one quarters dues. livery thing is very quiet in this city. Only one haul at the station-house last night. It used to be that eight to ten drunks and disorderlies for Saturday night was considered very light business, but last night beats previous records. . lhe cut in prices by the managers of the opera-houses here seems to have revived the doorping amusement business . i mi. . , ijii j in mis city, a ue nouses are again mieu with' crowds of workingtnen who could uot attend at the higher prices. To enter a play-house now makes one think of "ye good old times. THE COLFAX OB3EQOIES. Barinl Ceremonies of the Ex-Vice Presi- dent Saturday. Soutii Besb, Ixd., Jan. 17. The Colfax obsequies took place this afternoon under most unfavorable circumstances. The weather was the worst of the winter, gusty and snowy in the forenoon, and in the afternoon the mercury ran down to zero. All trains were belated several hours ; that containing Vice President-elect Hendricks, Governor Gray, Governor Porter and other notables from the south, did not reach here until after 6 o'clock tonight. The hour of the funeral, fixed at 10 o ciock, was cnangea to 3. During the forenoon the body lay in state at the residence, and was visited by tnousanos oi people. Services at the Ke- forui church consisted of prater bv W H. Hickman, and a discourse by Rev. X. D. W llhamson, Mr. Colfax's pastor. At the close of the services the casket con taining the remains, and draped with an American flag, was borne from the church to the funeral car by the following gentle men Mes'srs. James Oliver and Clem Stude baker, representing the City of South Bend ; Messrs. Theodore P. Haughey and ThGnias Underwood, representing the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of the state; Hon. Marquis McClelland of Valparaiso, reoresentintr the state Legisla ture; Mr. Joshua D. Miller, representing South Bend Lodge No. 29, 1. O. O. F. The procession, a very long one, wended its way to the city cemetery, and at 5 :30 o ciocK the body was placed in the vault But for Goodness Sake Don't Say I Told Ton Winnipeg, Jan. 18. The performing of Kate Castleton's Company in the opera- house here last night was -interrupted by an outbreak on tbe part of Henry Phil lips, Kate's husband and manager. He, it is said, obtained possession of the money sent her from ban rrancisco and got drunk. At the close of the first act Kate asked him for the remainder of the money. He responded by felling her with a blow which rendered her insensible for sometime afterward. He broke into her bedroom, revolver in hand, threatening to kill her. He was arrested and spent the night in tne ponce station, miss Castleton s diamonds were found on his person and re turned to her. Phillips was bailed out and the whole company left tonight for the South. A Lively Italian. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 18. Michael Mc- Gowan and an Italian named Antonio quarreled in an Italian dive, on the cor ner of Bridge and Lock streets, last night. They rushed outside the building, and when midway between Pearl and Lock streets they clinched. Antonio stabbed McGowan twice. McGowan lived only a few hours. The assassin, after the stabbing, ran into an Italian lodg ing house across the street. An angry moo began to throw stones at tne house, when the murderer appeared on the stoop and fired a half dozen shots into the crowd, none ot which, however, took effect. In the excitement that followed the stabbing the murderer is supposed to have left the town on foot, feeveral Italians have been arrested. Postofflee Block Gone. Dodge City, Kas., Jan. 18. A fire this afternoon destroyed the postoifice block. Loss estimated at 0,000. CAUGHT UP BY THE FLAMES THIRTEEN SOULS INCINERATED. Total Destruction of the South Infirmary of Illinois Eastern Hospital Frightful Scenes at the Conflagration The Parsimony of a Legislature. Kankakze, III., Jan. 18. The south infirmary of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane burned this morning at 4:50. The fire originated in the furnace- roam and had secured a strong headway before it was discovered. The woodwork of the building being of Southern pine it burned very rapidly. The building was occupied by forty-five, patients, six attendants and one night watchman. Seventeen patients are missing and thirteen bodies have been recovered. They are burned beyond recognition. All of the patients were innrm ana incuraoie. The bedridden ones were rescued first, and those who were able to help themselves did not realize the danger, and they were the ones who perished. The attendants lost their personal effects, and many narrowly escaped with their lives, one of them having to tie bed clothes together to escape. There were no facilities for putting out the fire, the state not having made any appropriation. The building was a new one, and cost about $76,000. It is a total wreck. The following persons perished: uenry Brown. Rock Island; H. W. Belden, Galesburg; George Bennett, Morris; Joseph Uoloert, unicago; urianao .ejus, Pontiac; J. W. Galloway, Macoupin; Thomas Hickey, Springfield; Matthew Hague, Uhebanse; i. iiacKny, Stevenson county ; Thomas Here-ly, Chicago; . John Johnson, Ver million; Micnaei Jordan, jnicago; J. Nathan. Chicaift) : A. Runvan, Winnebago county ; C. Strotz, Chicago ; J. W. Tyler, Chicago; F. Weymouth, Putnam county. Thomas Herely was a brother of State Senator Herely. The building was a two-story stone and' brick, with no wood about it except the floors and stairwayo. It was completed last August. It was used as an infirmary, with forty-five insane inmates on the first floor and twenty-two on the second. Attendants Brown and Rose and wife were sleeping on the second floor, Attendants Reid, Williams and Fireman Labarge slept on the first fjoor. The building was heated by hot-air furnaces, It was 12 below zero when the watchman, named Cobb, discovered smoke issuing from the floor immediately above the furnaces. He awoke the attendants. The Bmoke at once became drawn through the hot air flues and along tne halls and stairways to all parts of the building. The fire spread so rapidly that all efforts to save the building in the absence of the fire alarm to summon help and the facilities to quench the names, were found to be in vain. Attendant A. W. Reid began dragging and carrying out the patients. Many of the patients, clad in their night clothes only, rushed from the bitter cold air back into the building. Reid at the risk of his own life struggled on until 21 of his 23 patients were rescued, when he became exhausted and was carried away. On the stcond floor Attendants Rose and wife heard the alarm and escaped down the stairway just before it fell. Attendant Brown, sleeping on the same floor, was awakened by the smoke and attempted to save a patient in an adjoining room, Dut failed, and sliding down by means of a sheet from his window jumped to the ground. Superintendent R. S. Dewey reached the scene and with ladders climed to the second story windows, smashed windows, and was able to rescue some patients thereby. Almost all the patients refused to co-operate in the efforts being made to save them and were only rescued by beingraggedrohi'the- flames and forcibly prevented from returning. A marvelous escape was that of an inmate who fell with the second noor, struck the burning debris above the furnace and bounded through the window to the ground uninjured. The remains of the bodies of twelve patients have been taken from the ruins burned to fragments, only to be identified by the location in which they were found. The dead thus identified, with their ages and residences, were at the coroner's inquest this afternoon. Superintendent Dewey bad asked the Legislature two years ago for $2500 to protect these detached wards from fire, and $1000 was allowed, all of which was used in mains and hydrants. The amount was insufficient to answer the purpose. He suggested that the floors above the hot-air furnaces be changed, it being shown in evidence it was but four inches from the outside and ten inches from the inside of the furnace to the pine joists. He gave two reasons for the great number of deaths: first, patients were almost all suffocated by the smoke before they could be reached; and second, the inability or unwillingness of the insane patients to help themselves. Remains ot the boaies with one exception did not aggregate each but little more than a handful of charred ashes. The entire remains of ten of the victims were spread on a small table two feet square. rrienos are arriving in searcu ui lost ones. The scenes on their arrival and view of the remains were necessarily very heartrending. Telegrams are pouring in from all parts of the state from parties asking as to the safety of their friends among the inmates of tbe hospital. The coroner s lury, which adjourned until to morrow alternoon, is investigating as to whether the furnaces were defective. The fact that there is no general arm be tween' the various buildings of the hospital or any system of water-works to pro tect me and property, accounts largely for the very large loss of life. H. W. Belden, aged 50, of Galesburg, one of the victims, and the only one whose remains present even the sem blance ot a human being, was a prominent man in his section of the state. He was on the second floor, was an invalid. and was unable to help himself. Super intendent Dewey, aided by an attendant, placed a ladder to his window. Dewey ascended it, broke the glass with his hands, but, being unable to break the sash, descended for some implement to break it with. In the meantime Belden's shrieks for help were loud and agonizing. As Dewey reascended his cries died away. The smoke and flames poured from the window so that no help could be given him. Dr. Dewey hearing calls for help- from another window, hurried to the rescue, and, though a man of slender build, dragged a hundred and eighty pound patient through the window and bore him safely to the ground. The burned building was used as an infirmary, many of the inmates being unable, from sickness, to walk. The only chance for obtaining water was from the small washstand faucets, not even hre-buckets or barrels being on hand. Night Watchman Caleb testified before the coroner s lury that he registerd a re port of his calls every half hour. The register showed he-visited the furnace-room at 3:40 and found it all right then. At 4:10 he discovered the fire; that the floor immediately over the f urnas had frequently been noticed by attendants sleeping there to be uncomfortably hot that the furnace was roofed by sheet iron then by two layers of bricks laid in mortar, with a space of but six inches between them and the pine. Attendant R. C. Williams testified that five minutes alter the fire was discovered it was blazing through the floor. On being roused he ran outside and saw the fire was only visible about and around the furnace. Attendant J. C. McFarland, outside night watchman, testified that he heard the cry of "fire," roused the attendants of wards numbers five and six and tarried two ladders to the burning building irorn tne carpenter shop 100 yards away P. Scully, foreman for Architect J. K Willett of Chicago, who has charge of all the hospital buildings, testified that he inspected the furnaces when completed and was satisfied with them, lie had not in spected them since. The air circulated oetween the lurnace room and the pine imber. The hot-air conductors are brick flues, ncwood about them. The hot-air flues had four-inch walls, the smoke flues eight-inch walls. The builders of the furnace in the burned building are the Ruttan Furnace Company of Decatur and Chicago. senator Herely reached Kankakee on a special train for the remains of his brother. The furnaces in the other recently completed 'hospital detached wards are built in precisely the same style and at the same distance from the pine timbers as was the one in the building burned. Trustee McUagg and Hospital Arcnitect willet reached here on a special train about midnight to investigate the causes leading to the fire. The Associated Press reporter inter viewed Architect Willett on his arrival at Kankakee. He said: "I see no reason why the building should have been fired from the furnaces. They are in my opinion the very best furnaces made. Of course there is danger of fire from any heat radiating center, whether it be by steam or hot air. 1 remember tnat there is another furnace located almost exactly identical with this in another ward. I am talking merely from memory, and in a desultary way now. , Still I do not believe that 1 would recommend it, any rate not noWi that the furnace be removed."A Sugar Refinery Burned. Bostox, Jan." 18. Tonight a fire broke out in the Bay State sugar refinery, No. 37, Eastern avenue. The building was of brick, four stories high, with a frontage of about forty feet on Eastern avenue and extended back about ninety feet to Sar gent's wharf. The rear portion of the building was pretty thoroughly " gutted from top to bottom, while on the Eastern avenue end the fire damage seems pretty well connned to the upper stories. The hrst floor was used for receiving-room, the second floor as a packing department, the third as a char room and the upper floor as a Kiln-room, ine building was tor-merly used as the old Calcutta linseed oil-works, and the floor3 were saturated with oil. The flames spread to the Standard dye woed-works, which abut upon the refinery on the Sargent's wharf end and extend down the avenue toward the wharf. These mills are three stories high and about eighty or ninety feet in length. They are nearly or quite destroyed. Other" adjoining property was in great danger for a time. The refinery is operated by E. Atkins & Co., who, it is understood, own the brick block as well as the refinery building. Their loss will probably be heavy, but fully insured. The dye-mills property was owned by the heirs ot ueorge jn. filack. Mill Destroyed. Chicago, Jan. 18. The Daily News's Mount Pulaski, 111., special says: Priest & Gordon's elevator and mill burned. Loss 25,000, insurance $14,000, Opera-House Burned. Bbloit, Kas.. Jan. 18. The City opera- house, Avenue hotel and Freeman's store building were burned. Loss 40,000, mainly insured. FOREIGN NEWS. ENGLAND. London, Jan. 18. Particulars of the disaster to the packet steamer Admiral Moorsom, sunk off Holyhead Thursday night by the American ship Santa Clara are coming in slowly. The steamer Falcon has arrived at Cork and says she found the Admiral Moorsom inday morning on her beam ends, and took from the wreck three men, one woman and a child. The body of a man was found on the deck. There was nobody else on board. The weather was rough and the Falcon was unable to take the wreck in tow. Saturday the steamship Lady Woodhouse succeeded in getting a line to the wreck, but during the heavy sea the rope parted and the . Admiral Moorsom eventually sank. Nothing is known concerning the remainder of the crew not already accounted for. A boat of the lost steamer Moorsom, which contained thirteen persons, is still missing. Two men were killed trying to board the Santa Clara. The total number dead and missing, including the captain of the ill-fated steamer, is sixteen. The Santa Clara has sailed from Holyhead for Liverpool. Her captain is reticent regarding the circumstances of the collision, but states the Admiral Moorsom was in fault. The dispatch from Trieste relative to the avalanche at Kfbgenf urt, says : Many residents of the place are missing, and it is believed they were buried under the snow, in addition to the twenty already known to be killed. Three thousand men are digging through the snow to recover the bodies of the dead and rescue the imprisoned. AUSTUIA. Viejjxa, Jan. 18. Klazenfurt, capital of the province of Carinthia, in southern Austria, was visited by an avalanche to day, which wrecked several buildings and killed twenty inhabitants. Many others were injured and rendered homeless. All efforts to rescue the buried were fu tile. ' SPAIN. Madkid, Jan. 18. King Alfonsa con tinues to visit the towns devastated by earthquakes. Today he visited Periano, and atterward returned to Terre del Aiar, FRANCE. Pakis, Jan. 18. The marriage of Prince Colonna to Miss Mackey will be solemn ized February vz. The Deadly Rain Wnter. Chableston, W. Va., Jan. 18. Great excitement prevails in St. Albans, near this city, over the poisoning of Misses Annie, Blanche and Jennie Burns, three highly respected young ladies of that place. The ladies had been to an enter tainment Friday night, and overslept yesterday for ' family breakfast. They prepared their own breakfast, using water in a barrel. Shortly after eating breakfast they became very sick, were taken with cramps, and symptoms indicated poison, and the ladies were treated by the doctors for that trouble. Upon examination the water in the barrel was found to contain arsenic. How it got there is a mystery which will probably never be solved The victims are in a serious condition. A Victory for the Railroad. Ft. Wayne, Jan. 18. The railroad brakemen's strike, which was inaugurated here Tuesday last, terminated this even ing. The strikers held a meeting this af ternoon and delegated a committee of four of their number to wait on Mayor Zollinger at his residence which was done. Later the com mittee waited on Superintendent Law ot tbe railroad company, and at this meeting it was agreed that the railroad company be permitted to run "double-head er" freight trains if desired, while those ot the striking brakemen who choose to work will be reinstated by the company. and not be discharged for their participa tion in the strike. A Pair of Nice Cashiers. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 18. Fuller details of the irregularities of the Mer chant's and Shetucket National banks of this city show the Merchant's bank lost 5130,000 and the Shetucket about o0,000 through speculation on the part of their cashiers. ' The cashiers had been using the bank's funds for years. The banks continue business and the cashiers will be prosecuted. Assitant cashier Webb, concerned in the embezzle ment at the Merchant 8 bank, was presi dent of the Shetucket, and with Cashier Roath had been using the funds of that institution, vv ebb was also city treasurer. lhe city 8 funds are all right. A Kentucky Mystery. Lodisvillb, Jan. 18. W. R. Revell, a farmer from Owen county, Ky., who was lound insensible from a blow on the head at the Short Line depot Friday, died to night. The case is still wrapt in mystery, VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. MINING AFFAIRS IN STATU QUO. Matters Quieting: Down at Strnitsville Arms Still Being Issued, However An Undercurrent of Uneasiness Yet Apparent. Special to the Ohio State Journal. New Straitsville, Jan. 18. The situa tion in the Straitsville and Shawnee district is hard to describe. Public feeling seems to ebb and flow like the tides of the sea. One day the populace is wild and unruly, the next as calm and peaceful as the summer sky. But a few days ago the excited were clamoring for the blood of men in the towns named, but today the indications are peaceful. Nearly every public place has its crowds of men discussing the situation. They read every thing touching the Bubject of the strike, and keep close watch over the proceedings of the Legislature. Thev called a turn on McBride at Shawnee, and say tuat his assertion in the House that a proposition to settle the strike on a 60 cents basis has never been communicated to . them. : There is a growing impression among x many -of the miners that John UcBnde is more deeply interested in some other quarters than the UocKing valley, xne W eldy bill does not meet with much fa7or among the men. nor is it so strongly condemned as it would have ben expected. The hotheads heap a lot of abuse upon tbe author of it, but no arguments are made that it is unjust or a strike at civil rights. lhe report that guns have been distrib uted in large numbers in this district is not believed in many quarters, nor does it seem to be sustained by facts in every particular. Some twenty guns were bought by miners at bhawnee, but it is not known that any mye than that number, if as many, have been distributed in Straitsville. Some of the best informed men in Shawnee, men who have suffered severely during the strike through loss of property, hoot at the idea of raising three companies of 100 men each and say it would be impossible to organize a squad of fifty men that would be bold enough to act in defiance of the law. It is probably true that much of the aid contributed to the miners has been appropriated by persons havintr personal supervision of the goods and money sent here, and there are strong reasons for tbe belief that funds from the relief committee purchased some of the guns that went to Shawneo, as many of the purchasers were worthless persons when times were at the best and had been wards of the commissary ever Binje the strike set in. It is known that arms have bean distributed at other points in the valley, but in what number can not be ascertained definitely. There have been no public demonstrations by organised bands of armed men, and if they drill their place of meeting is carefully secreted from the outside world. Many persons who are acquainted with the people do not anticipate serious trouble, but that opinion is not sustained by a majority. It is thought that tbe putting of men in the mines at Straitsville would lead to riots and bloodshed. That will not prob ably be done at present, as the Troy mine, now in names, has been given up as lost. and since the destruction ot the Bristol tunnel the guards at No. 3 mine have been withdrawn and distributed at other points in the valley. The removal of the cause of immediate trouble at Straitsville renews the anxiety of the people in the Monday,Creek valley, and it is expected that there will be a concentration of forces- kto drive out the new men there, who have been verv sncsessful. as the eutput of coal shows. All that has been said about intimidation is true. The two guards, Woods and McCarthy, and Mr. Simpson, oi tne uhio state joubnal, were subjected to indignities that would lead to the belief that the town was ruled by the lawless element, whether it was true or not. Tbe same may be said of Straitsville to some extent. Secret meetings are held every night by the miners and it is claimed that from the lodge- rooms ot the Knights ot Labor are issued the mandates that wreck mines and bridges and endanger human lives. Per sons well informed say these meetings held long in the night are boiling cauldrons of poison, whose invidious fumes wither all things that they touch, and to sustain the - claim show tbat some ot the most reputable members have severed their connection with the organization On the grouud that the principal officers of the order have been prostituted by unlawful acts. The unusual activity among the strikers rather suggests that something more than ordinary is on hand, and a serious out break at any moment need not be a surprise, for under cover of these seasons of calm runs an un dercurrent of feeling that, like the waters of a sluiigish stream, will at the first break become a wild and dangerous torrent. The Situation at Longstreth. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Lonsstreth, Jan. 18. The conjecture that the seat of war would be moved into this valley was probably well timed. Last night information was received at this point that there would be an attack sometime during the night. Messages were sent away during the day to the different points in the valley to this ellect. Prepar tions were made to give the raiders a warm reception, and an extra guard force was on duty the better part of the mgbt The miners here have been offering to furnish Winchester carbines for the small sum of $8. It seems that to procure arms for themselves it is merely necessary to go through the torm ot bargain and sale. A miner goes to the place where arms are distributed and says he wants a gun. If he has no monev he is asked that some one vouch for him, and he takes the gun without money and without price. That there is some powerful agent backing the com manistic element here can not be questioned, for arms are issued in the manner stated, flow they get here no one can say. It is known that there is no outlay of money here for them and they claim that persons who are fearful that their own interests will sutler by tb e break ing of prices in the Hocking valley, are doing all they can to crush the operators, is rapidly gaining ground. If this is true the trouble may be drawn out much longer. The strike is ended, and the miners have been worsted, and it is only necessary for tbe assertion ot civil author ity to restore peace and prosperity. It is quiet here tonight, but the usual precau tions are being taken. Cattle and Sheep Dying from the Cold, St. Locis, Jan. 18. Advices from Kiowa Indian reservation, Indian territory, are to the effect that those Indians are in a distressed condition, notwithstanding the aid iurmsbed them by the government, Five members of this tribe, evidently a hunting party, were found frozen to death son?e forty miles north of Wichita .Falls late Friday evening. Dispatches from Texas continue to report great loss of cattle and sheep by the late cold weather in various parts. On many ranges in the northern and western parts of the state great numbers of cattle have drifted southward until stopped by the wire fenc ing running many miles east and west and are now dying by hundreds, and even thousands, lrom hunger, tnirst and cold The loss is-'ehiefly on ranges which had suffered from drouth, both grass and water being scarce and the cattle in poor condition, but evm in the more favored parts of the state a great amount ot stock has already been J3t by tbe unusual se verity of the weather. It is estimated that 10 per cent, of the cattle and 20 per cent, oi the sheep have perished. How Different in Uhio. New York, Jan. 18. The excise law was inforced today as strictly as it ever was.the police having been notified by Superin tendent Walling that liquor shops must be closed on Sunday. The large dealers met in ' Irving hall this afternoon, and adopted resolutions pledging themselves to assist tbe police in an impartial in-forcement of the law, believing tbat such will compel the citizens to demand a modification of the law. But Why Did He Kick Him Down Stairs ? Grasp Rapids, Jan. 18. George Thur- stein was given a verdict last night in the Kent Circuit court, against Ransom C. Luce for $S000 for being kicked down stairs by Luce ten years ago. Thurstein sued for ?10,000 and the large verdict causes a general surprise. It will proba bly be appealed. Heavy Robbery. Wheeling, Jan. 18. Last night Louis Volhardt's residence in Wellsburg was entered and $1500 in bonds and $1000 in cash stolen. Charles Volhardt, John Herdington, Bisey Cheek and a woman were arrested, and $900 in cash recovered from Herdimrton. The bonds were burned by the thieves. Kem f r -m the East. San Francisco. Jan. 18. The steamer Arabic, which arrived this evening, brings Hong Kong dates to December 23, and Yokohama January 4. Fears are entertained that the steamer Charles Townsend Hook, which sailed from Daigon for Hong Kong, has been lost, with two hundred and fifty souls aboard. Winter Wheat. Milwaukee. Jan. 18. T. W. Talmadge of this city has information from many of the winter wheat states that bad weather has caused a 'very poor outlook for that product in almost every district heard from. Indications For Tennessee and the Ohio val ley, slightly eolder weather in western portion, slightly warmer in eastern portion, fair weather and northwesterly winds in Ohio valley and north easterly in Tennessee. SUMMARY OF SUNDAY'S NEWS. The brakemen's strike at Fort Wayne, Ind., is virtually ended. Alexander Dirian, manufacturer of mold ings, Brooklyn, assigned. Liabilities $66.-000.Euene Glenn, tried at Petersburg. Va.. for the murder of C. W. Holland was ac quitted. . The banking house of Amos Henderson. Lancaster, Pa., with $200,000 deposits, suspended.A gang of three counterfeiters was cap tured in a small secluded, cabin near Bour bon, Ind. -; The imports of specie for tbe week ending January 18 were $240,000 and the exports $6,200,000. . The nallium for Archbishon Lerov of New Orleans was received and conferred Satur day, January 17. A special Chicago jury returned indict ments against seven of the participants in the elect on frauds of that city. Efforts are being made to impeach Judge Frank A. Guthries of Charleston, W. Va. There are fifteen charges against him. The revised figures of the loss by the fire at Keefer & Son's flour-mill, Covington, Ky., are $65,000. The insurance is $52,000. Herman Toller was struck bv an engine on the Cincinnati Northern railway, near Montgomery road, ana instantly Killed. x The factory of the Blue River Furniture Company, Shelbyvtlle, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000, insurance $30,000. The boiler at Earnest's saw-mill, near Lebanon, Pa., exploded and killed three workmen, and seriously injured three others. ... - John Berbech of St. Louis committed sui cide by jumping off the middle pier of the bridge over the Mississippi. Tbe distance to tne water was seventy leet. .He had just been Sned $500 for adultery. John Kurtz and James Hvland. two farm ers, quarreled in tbe home of the former, after becoming intoxicated ou hard cider. The latter, on being ejected from the liouee, returned armed with an axe, broke in tbe door and killed Kurtz. An attempt was made to blow up the hat factory of Crofut & Knapos. Bridgeport, Conn., with dynamite. The building was partly aatnagea, out no one was hurt, seventeen employes who did not go out on the strike were in the building at the time. Declarations have been filed in tbe case of the Penn bank of Pittsburg for the use of Assignee Warner against the directors of the defunct institution, in which the damages are laid at $6,000,000. The amount in reali ty involved is $9o0,000, being overdrafts. TheColorado Republican senatorial caucts was held datU'dav evening. Seventeen Hill men left the chamber, tour remaining but not voting. Ou the first ballott Secretary H. M. Teller received 28, H. A. W. Tabor 2, a;id Senator N. P. Hill 1. Teller was declared the nominee of the caucus. The Hill men claim that they are not bound by the action ot tne caucus, and will make a tight in joint session of both houses, but to win must have nearly all, if not the whole of the Democratic vote. Iforeicn Motes. Edmund About, the author, is dead. " Another severe earthquake in Granada Saturday. Great interest is felt in England in the Khartoum expedition. General Ignatieff has been appointed Governor of eastern Siberia. The steamship Admiral Moorson was wrecked with the loss of sixteen lives. All the private banks of the United King dom will shortly become incorporated as joint stocs companies. It is announced that the Duke of Edin burgh will shortly publish a collection of poems dedicated to the iiuchesa ot Edinburgh, entitled "Love Songs of a Violinist." The Berlin National Gazette publishes statement to the effect that German v, Aus tria and Russia have joiued France in its attitude upon tne question or the settle ment oi tne Egyptian huancial dimculty. Hundreds of handbills are being circu lated at Czaslan and Kolin, towns in Bohemia, calling for vengeance on tbe executioners of Kammerer and Stellmach'er, the Anarchists. A workman was arrested at Kolin for throwing before the house of a sergeant of gendarmes an Anarchist paer coudeming the cniet ot police and other ul ficers to death. In the Congo conference three reasons were given tur the patictpation ot America in the deliberations. Firstly, because America was the lirst power to officially recognize the African International associa tion; secondly, because the population of America comprises six million negroes whose parent country is Africa; and, thirdly, be cause Americans mainly have explored the country. All England waits breathlessly for news of L.ord wolse ey s progress in t,gypt. Maps of tbe Nile region are seen every where, and anxiety for the safety of the troops is the general topic. The latest news from his forces gives painful details of tbe sufferings of tbe troopers. It is acknowledged that great foresight is visible in tbe details of the advance acrosshe desert to Gakdul, but it is feared that, much of the shortcomings and casualties from beat and thirst re suppressed. Many army officers at the military clubs call the advance, as at present conduct ed, a piece of madness, and predict a greater disaster than either ot the massacres ot At- ghanistan. They point to Lord Wolseley's t 1 . j . . I. . t lguorauce ui tne pusitiun unu sLreiigiu ui the Mahdi's forces. They say his army will be cut to pieces, or perish in the de.-ert, and tbat if Gordon is to be relieved, he must re lieve himself. Emigration to California. Emigrants are pouring into California at the rate of 1200 to 1800 a week, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Most of them settle in the southern part of the state and engage in fruit andwine-growing. Many of the emigrants are men of means, who go to the country in search of health, and are led to devote themselves to congenial business. The poorer classes go to the northern counties aud engage in agricultural pursuits, while about 30 per cent, of the whole number push up north to Oregon and Washington territory. The population of California is now about one million. An accumulator has been invented by M. Farod. by means of a copper plate covered with lead the priming current reaches all the plates of the secondary battery at the same time. It will require to have far more efficiency' than usual ac cumulators to warrant the increase of ex pense entailed by the copper. THE HUMOR OF THE BIBLE. Tiie Book of Books Abounding ta Quaint and Forcible Humor. From an Essay by Rev. M. D. Shutter, of Minne- SDOH3. Mr. J. Henry Shorthouse concludes an essay in Blackwood's with the following startling inquiry : "There is still one ques tion before us. If humor be what we have claimed for it, not a mere farce, but a depicting of the whole of human life, then we should expect that the highest literature should lie found to contain it. We should expect to find it everywhere: that it should satisfy all that dehire which a reading in theology, of philosophy, or science, or history, or a study in art has created in man; are there, then, any great books, or still more, any great forces of human life which seem devoid of it? Is there any humor in the Gospels?" Mr. Shorthouse suggests tbat the question must receive an alliruiative answer, bat brings his paper to a close without developing the idea suggested. Where Mr. Shorthouse finishes Mr. Shutter begins. "Let it not be supposed," eontiuued Mr. Shutter, "tbat there ia anything essentially irreverent in taking up and discussing such a subject. The remotest approximation to levity in intention is disclaimed at the very outset. The word of God is to be reverently dealt with at all times. The lips of the jester must not profane it; the flying heels of the buffaon must not caper upon its pages. There are many standpoints from which the Bible may be studied ; the historical, exegetical, theological and literary. From a literary point of view, a disquisition upon the pathos or sublimity of the Bible would ceitainly be objectionable. ' But humor is just as legitimate in literature, and quite as much, perhaps, an element of power. That it is found in the volume that we hold higher than all others, there are unmistakable evidences. No attempt is now made at exact definition. Perhaps, after the word "humor" has passed through its final analysis, we shall not be any wiser than before we cast it into the alembic. We have'a general understanding of.it that serves os well enough for every purpose. We commonly include under the general term, pleasantness, grotesqueness. drollery, wit, sarcasm, irony, ridicule. Iu this comprehensive signification it is employed in the present paper. When we turn to the historical and biographical portions of the Scriptures we find here and there touches of the qualitv under consideration, in pictures of life and descri ptions of character. Those who wielded the pencil drew with absolute fidelity to nature, aud sketched those features which provoke the smile as well as those which move us to admire or arouse us to condemn. "In the time of the Judges, Abimeleck, a worthless but scheming wretch, contrived to have himself proclaimed King in bhecbend. Knowing his utter unfitness for the throne, and vexed at his suc cessful machinations, Jotham, a man of ready wit, ridicules the pretensions of the monarch and the lo'.iy of tbe people, ia a fable superior to any of JEsop's. Perching himself on the top of a neighboring hill, that his parable may not be brought to an untimely end, he lifts up his voice and addresses the assembled multitude. This is the way in which he caricatures the whole transaction : "The trees went forth on a time to appoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, 'Reign thou over us.' But the olive tree said unto them, 'Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees r And the trees said to the ng tree, Come thou and reign over us. But the fig tree said unto them : 'Should I forsake uiy sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees ?' Then said the trees unto the vine, 'Come thou and reign over us. And the vine said onto them, 'Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ?' " So far the trees are unsuccessful. They have found no available candidate. Their follows oi tne forest whose character and records are good, are not in the field. Bat the trees are getting desperate, iney ar deter mined to nave a King, l nen said tne trees unto the bramble, 'Come thoa and reign over us. What does the bramble doT It can not plead business. It can not say 'I am of use to anybody.' In fact the xuspicion crosses yourmind that tbe bram ble is loitering in the vicinity just wailing for its name to be brought before the convention. Then the puify and prosperous, but contemptible, little bramble bush delivers itself of thishigh and mighty oration : "And the bramble said unto the trees. 'If in truth ye auoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; and if not,- let fire come of the bramble aud destroy the cedars oi Lebanon. In the word of God the element of hu mor is effectively used in dealing with the sir;s of men. Lvil doing, iu its various motives aud manifestations, is denounced, rendered repulsive, made ghastly and terrible, and when everything else has been done, it is exhibited as grotesque and nonsensical. Thus the writer has sketched the out lines of a subject capable of much more elaborate treatment. This little has given the Bible a fresh hold upon his own al fections. Viewed simply as a literary work, it is the most interesting book in the entire domain of the letters. How any one can think it "horribly drv" passes all comprehension. The poetry, the dramatic portions and the orations of the Bible are unsurpassed. And over history, biography, drama, most serious discourse, there plays the soft gleams of healthful humor or the lightning-like bolts of sarcasm and wit. The book touches human nature at all points, and for this reason should be thrice enshrined in our hearts. CIIAKACTEH.ISTIC8 OF SMOKERS. Phases of Disposition Indicated by the Way a Cigar is lleld. A eentlcman who is a great "famigat or" says tbat he has philosophised about smokers with this result: "Aneven-tempered, quiet man never goes to an extreme in choosing his cigar. A nervous man wants something strong and furious; mild man something that smokes and nothing more. There is a great deal in the way men handle a cigar. If a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it from his mouth to cost a look at tbe blue curl of smoke in the air. set him down as an easy-going man, He has keen perceptions aud delicate sensibilities. He will not create trouble, but is apt to see it out when once begun. Beware of the man who never releases the grip of his cigar and is indifferent whether it burns or not. He is cool, calcu lating and exacting. He is seldom ener getic physically, but lives easily off thote who perform the labor. The man that smokes a bit, rests a bit, and fumbles the cigar more or less, is easily affected by circumstances. If the cigar goes out fre quently the man has a whole-souled disposition, is a devil-mav-care sort of a lellow, with a lively brain and a glib tongue, and a generally fine fund of anecdotes. To bold half of the cigar in the mourn and smoke indifferently is a laiv man's habit. They are generally of little force and their characters are not of the highest strata. A nervous man, who fumbles his cigar a great deal, is a sort of popinjay among men. Holdinz the eicar constantly be tween the teeth, chewing it occasionally and not caring if it is lighted at all, are characteristics of men who have the tenacity of bull-dogs. They never forget anytning or let go tneir noios. xue iop stands his cigar on end. and the experi enced smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at right angles with his course. Such has been my observations with re gard to smokers. A Kew Way to Sell Pianos. Brooklyn Eagle. A clerk in the counting-room of prominent New York paper told me an ingenious scheme the other day which I imagiue has never been exposed. A re-soectablv dressed aud prosperous looking woman came into the office as if she owned it and was rather proud of the fact, slammed down an advertisement with the requisite change on tne counter. and smiled auaDiy nion tne cierx. .-ui, another?" asked the clerk brightly. "Still another," repeated the woman. "This time it's a beauty, too. Come to me, yon know, when you want one." She smiled again and drifted out of the room. "Kor three years," said the clerk, "that woman has had an advertisement in the paper every day announcing that she has for sale at her residence a piano that will go at a bargain. The advertisement invariably states that tbe instrument has only been in use a week and is in every respect as good as new, but that sudden reverses in fortune and a decision to move out of town force the owrfur to sell at once. I thought for the first five or six weeks that her ladyship was having a hard time to sell her piano. Then I boan to smell a mouse. One winter night she was obliged to wait here a long time for a car, and a talk led her into the confession that she sold -pianos in ths way as a regular business. She has an arrangement with the manufacturer by which he furnishes her with a fresh piano as soon as the last one is sold, and as they are all of a cheap make but rather showy, they manage to go off very well. She is anxious to keep her business very quiet, but it has been noised abroad until she now bag several competitors, and the Sunday papers will invariably have the names of tuur wiuuws wuu are oDitgea to sen liieir pianos at once. Every one of them makes a good living by it. Pianomakers, it seems to me, have rather a tempestuous time anyway. If my memory serves me, tbe life and death struggle which goes on among the makers of these instruments at me cemeiiuiai, wnen every one l( ttiam nrtf Ua t,i..l,n. ....... 1 1: ft"- iigi7ov wru-nuuu ruing . ad VrtiiaemMTlta Kinoa than all ulint devices have seen the light, but the em ployment oi auegeu indigent widows is probably the most original." PAS9IXG THE PLATE. An Old Sexton Relates Sons Experiences in Church Collections. New York Letter to Philadelphia North American. ' More diplomacy may be exercised by the collector than any one would think. But he can't do nearly as asuch te help the church as the members themselves can as they sit in their seats. Lut a gentleman put silver in the plate and then ioiiow it witn bis wye. The chances are that no one within sight will have the courage to put in copper. More than once I've seen a man drop a penny from the palm of his hand in the middle of the plate, thinking it wouio pass nnperceived. But some dea con, or some one interested in the church, wouiu ugiu Tigm on to tne center with a well-directed glance. Then the man would look down, discover with surprise that he had put in a cent, say, "Wbat a ridiculous mistake." and Dut in more. There are lota of old church members who understand this, rod no matter what church you may go to, uuless you sit np in the gallery, you will ba pretty sure to see some old irentlemsn nr old lady with an eye on you as the plate Koa vr. aioro Herniating nicceis nave oeen turned in the right direction by this means than any one has anv idea of. And it's only right, for no one can supply a charch with heat, light and a good minister unless he has money to do it with. And every one who enjoys these comforts ought to help pay for them. There is a curioua case in this church. It is that of an old white-haired member, worth a million, who al way puts just ten cents in the box. Rain at shine, he's always in his seat at the same hour, and always has a dime in chaage. I've heard our minister make the most touching ser mon on tne neatnen you ever heard. Tears would wet the old millionaire's cheeks, but just as sure as that box came around he. would wipe his eyes, reach wuu iiia rigm nana in nis lelt waistcoat pocket, and draw out that dime : just enough to take a missionary to Harlem. He probably contracted that habit when he -wad a- poof man, and grew to like it. Other men are iust the other wav. and give liberally more, perhaps, tlian they can afford. Men who get their monev most easily are most liberal : brokers and speculators who don't know whether they own a cent or not will throw in a $20 bill, when a solid real estate owner will give a quarter. And I've seen a regular gambler come into church in ail kinds of fancy clothes and contribute something hand some, just ior iuck. Catching a Mouse. A ladv in Cosevtown discovered a mouse in the family flour barrel. She summoned her husband and told him to get a gun and call the dog and to staiion himself near the scene of onslaught. Getting up on a high chair she com menced punching the flour barrel with a pole. The poor mouse soon made its appearance and started across the floor, tho dog immediately in pursuit. In the excitement the man fired the gun. killing the dog, and the lady fainted and fell .tt the chair. The man thinking that she was dead and fearing arrest for murder, cleared out and has not been heard of since. The mouse escaped. ABOUT rERSOXP. Mrs. Huxley's health has been restored by atrip to Italy. Mr. James Gordon Bennett is sitting for his portrait to tbe painter Boldini. Robert Buchanan has finished a new Slay, Fascination ; or, The Way We Live 'ow. A New York paper says George W. Cable is making $50,000 a rear out of his readings. Sir Moses Montefiore is again so much under the weather as to cause alai m arnorjg his friends. Colonel Inpersoll is said to have made S25.000 from fifty lectures during the last two months. Joseph Pulitzer, editor and proprietor of the New York World, was a coachman twenty years ago. In his "Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson" Dr. Holmes says the poet and philosopLer always had pie for breakfast. Miss Tillie Frelinghuysen, daughter of the secretary of state, is said tn be the most popular unmarried lady in Washing-, ton society. British Minister West is said to hare , given Washington society several valuable pointeis about making "debutante parties aristically successful. Dr. Oliver Wen dell Holmes presided at ' the annual reunion of Harvard's clas of 1859 in Boston last week. Nine other 'members were present ' Sir Arthur Sullivan, the composer, has issued a sort of pronuueiamento in the London Daily News, in which be announces the death of Italian opera. Mrs. Zelda Seiruin, the contralto, has recently lost by death a highly prised domestic whom tbe Seguines brought to this country nearly fifty years ago. Colonel Boudinot, the Indian representative, has given Senator Voorheee an elegant robe, made from the skins of wildcats killed by the colonel in irkanaas. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Congress. Jamcaby 17. Settole Bill introduced: For the encouragement of the American merchant marine and to promote postal and commercial relations with foreign countries The inter-state commerce bill was discussed and amended, but no vote reached. House The House tat as a committee of the whole ou the consular and dipl jjimtic appropriation bill. t General Assembly. Jascaby 17. nate--Bills introduced: Amending section 683 so as to facilitate collections;. extending to one year tbe time for redeeming property sold by the sheriff; authorising 1'ite county to construct free turnpikes; amending the election lawt-itunt a voter can prove bis right by one freeholder. Jlous Bills introduced: Compelling all school boards to furnish school uoeks free: limiting the purchases of tbe supervisor of public printing; preventing the manufacture of oleoniargerine; fixing heavy penalties (or sinking boats.